WSR 19-16-027
EMERGENCY RULES
DEPARTMENT OF
FISH AND WILDLIFE
[Order 19-162—Filed July 26, 2019, 2:40 p.m., effective August 1, 2019]
Effective Date of Rule: August 1, 2019.
Purpose: Amend recreational salmon fishing rules for Puget Sound.
Citation of Rules Affected by this Order: Repealing WAC 220-313-06000B and 220-313-06000C; and amending WAC 220-313-060.
Under RCW
34.05.350 the agency for good cause finds that immediate adoption, amendment, or repeal of a rule is necessary for the preservation of the public health, safety, or general welfare, and that observing the time requirements of notice and opportunity to comment upon adoption of a permanent rule would be contrary to the public interest.
Reasons for this Finding: The department is in the process of adopting permanent rules that are necessary to implement the state's share of the fishing plans agreed to with resource comanagers at the 2019 North of Falcon proceedings. These emergency rules are necessary to take advantage of the state's fishing opportunity that is imminent and will be available prior to the permanent rule, in a manner consistent with comanager agreed fisheries.
The reason for the emergency rules are to meet conservation objectives and because the current 2018 permanent rule is inconsistent with the agreed 2019 North of Falcon fishery sharing package.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted at the Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's own Initiative: New 1, Amended 0, Repealed 2.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Date Adopted: July 25, 2019.
Kelly Susewind
Director
NEW SECTION
WAC 220-313-06000CPuget Sound salmon—Saltwater seasons and daily limits.
Notwithstanding the provisions of WAC 220-313-060, effective August 1, 2019:
(1) Catch Record Card Area 6: Immediately through August 12, 2019:
(a) Daily limit of 2 salmon.
(b) Release chum, wild Chinook and wild coho.
(2) Catch Record Card Area 7: August 1 through August 12: Closed.
(3) Catch Record Card Area 9: Immediately through August 12, 2019
(a) Daily limit of 2 salmon;
(b) Release Chum, wild coho, and Chinook
(4) Catch Record Card Area 10: Immediately through August 12, 2019:
(a) Daily limit of 2 salmon; no more than one may be a Chinook salmon.
(b) Release chum and wild Chinook.
(5) Catch Record Card Area 11: Immediately through August 12, 2019:
(a) Daily limit of 2 salmon of which one may be a hatchery Chinook.
(b) Release wild Chinook.
(c) Fishing for salmon from a vessel is prohibited Thursdays and Fridays of each week.
REPEALER
The following section of the Washington Administrative Code is repealed August 1, 2019:
WAC 220-313-06000B | Puget Sound salmon—Saltwater seasons and daily limits. (19-113) |
The following section of the Washington Administrative Code is repealed August 13, 2019:
WAC 220-313-06000C | Puget Sound salmon—Saltwater seasons and daily limits. |